IMTJ’s latest estimate on leading destinations by medical tourism revenue
A decade ago, medical tourism was filled with hype. Editor in Chief, Keith Pollard, asks if much has changed in the intervening years.
Back in...
Why the growth of medical tourism is being limited by a lack of appropriate...
Ian Youngman, healthcare industry specialist, considers how type, availability and location of hotel rooms is more of a restricting factor to medical tourism growth...
How technology is shifting medical care out of a hospital setting
Maria Davies, editor of the LaingBuisson Healthcare Markets Magazine, looks at the shift towards virtual clinics and remote care in different countries.
Hospitals, as we...
Prospecting for medical tourists: lucky guess or common sense?
Deciding which country to target for medical travel customers is frequently not well thought through – are you sure you’re looking in the right...
Health warning on ONS 2017 data about British medical tourist volumes
Ian Youngman, healthcare industry specialist, looks at the latest figures for outbound UK tourism and concludes that you cannot believe what you read in...
Five myths about medical tourism clusters
5 common misconceptions surrounding medical tourism clusters are addressed.
The medical tourism landscape is littered with clusters that have failed to launch or are underperforming.
There...
The magic of medical tourism numbers
Ian Youngman, healthcare industry specialist and author of the IMTJ Medical Tourism Facts and Figures 2018, shows how hard it is to get real...
Beware financiers offering you deals that are too good to be true
With public-private healthcare partnerships in the spotlight, Ian Youngman warns of the dangers of dealing with financiers offering a no cost solution to medical...
When will medical travel capitalize on the Bleisure market?
Elizabeth Ziemba explores the possibilities of a profitable relationship between the medical tavel and 'bleisure' market.
A recent report released by Expedia Media Solutions stated,...
The changing world of outbound Chinese medical tourism
Ian Youngman explains that the Chinese market may be growing, but those that fail to understand how it is changing or assume that "...